Conrad Johnson GAT-S2 Triode Preamplifier
Special Price: $10,995
Price guide: RRP $45,995 incl GST
I am selling on behalf, a client’s highly respected Conrad Johnston GAT-S2 Triode Preamplifier in excellent condition c/w original shipping box etc.
The GAT-S2 Triode Preamplifier embodies conrad-johnson’s latest advances in line-stage preamplifier technology
The GAT Preamplifier is a vacuum-tube, line-stage preamplifier that looks as good as it sounds. It is also notable for convenience and ease of use. The unit features input selection and level adjustment by microprocessor-controlled relays. Level and balance can be adjusted in 100 steps of approximately .7 dB per step. All functions can be controlled by the hand-held wireless remote control.
Each part for the GAT has been selected on the basis of both sonic performance and durability.
The audio circuit (including the level control) is executed entirely with precision metal foil resistors and proprietary CJD Teflon capacitors. Tubes have been carefully hand selected for minimum noise and microphonics. The dc regulated power supplies use the same quality resistors as the audio circuits. Capacitors for the power supplies are exclusively polypropylene and Teflon – there are no electrolytic capacitors in the audio circuits or their related power supplies. All signal switching is done by special relays designed for signal applications. These relays are sealed and have gold plated silver contacts. Input and output connectors are machined from oxygen free copper, and are gold plated. The GAT is built without compromise to achieve a new standard in musical performance, and it is built to last.
TAS - The Absolute Sound Summary:
Although I’ve mentioned the capacity of the GAT to play at loud SPLs, blasting you out of the room has never been at the heart of the CJ sound. On the contrary, what most riveted me was the GAT’s ability to seduce you. It’s the English gentleman of preamps—unobtrusive, unflappable, and unerring. The lack of grain, the clarity of sound, and the punctiliousness of reproduction are beguiling indeed. I’d imagine that if you have the patience, it’s possible to push the GAT even further with some judicious tube rolling. So if you’ve been hopscotching among different preamps over the years, this is the one that might do than more than tug at your heartstrings. It might even win your undying loyalty.
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https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/conrad-johnson-gat-series-2-preamplifier-and-tea1-series-2-phono-preamplifier/
Tone Audio review summary:
”The GAT 2 gives you everything. After hundreds of hours listening and taking notes – and playing the best, worst, and most difficult records in my collection – the word “but” never enters my thought process. No compromise or regret is what you write the US $24,000 check for, and as I said at the beginning of this review, the GAT 2 is worth every penny asked”.
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https://conradjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Tone-Audio-Review-conrad-johnson-GATs2.pdf
HiFi+ review summary
Those who ignore the GAT, whether because of the way it looks or what it offers on paper, risk missing out on a pearl beyond price – even if that price is £24,500. Rare in approach and rare in reality, if you are well-healed enough – or committed enough – to consider a pre-amp at this level, c-j’s GAT remains at the top of the audition list.
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https://hifiplus.com/articles/conrad-johnson-gat-series-2-preamplifier/
Specifications:
Gain: 25 db|
Maximum output: 20 vrms
Output impedance: under 100 ohms
Distortion: less than .15% THD
Frequency response: at unity gain 2 Hz to more than 100Khz
Hum and noise: 100 db below 1.0 v
Tube complement: 2 x 6922
Dimensions 15.375D x 19W x 4.81H inches
Total Weight 35 lbs.
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